About Us:
The Manhattan Adult ADD Support Group has been meeting in NYC since 1991. We offer support, information, and a sense of community to adults with ADD/ADHD and related issues.
Our Motto Is: Were Not Lazy, Crazy or Stupid :)
Upcoming Meetings
The Manhattan Adult ADD Support Group is please to present the following lecture on Thursday March 23, 2023 From 6:00 to 8:00 PM EST.
Cannabis, CBD & ADHD w/ Mariely Hernandez, PhD.
Despite its shifting legal status, cannabis -- also known as marijuana -- has long been popular within the ADHD community. With widespread decriminalization, that appetite is expected to grow.
This in the face of research-based arguments -- that cannabis can interfere with brain maturation; that it can limit cognitive development; that it can cause respiratory or cardiovascular distress; that it can addict -- against such use.
In recent years, a counterargument has emerged, largely from user experience.
Cannabis, it's said, can promote sleep (a perennial issue for those with ADHD). Others say it can soothe chronic pain (often elevated in persons with ADHD). Or help with anxiety (a common co-existing condition); including that brought on by stimulant medication.
Meanwhile, some of these same effects have been reported for a cannabis derivative -- cannabidiol, or CBD oil -- that can also be readily obtained.
On March 23, explore this topic with psychologist Mariely Hernandez. Dominican-born, and Bronx-raised, she earned a doctorate in clinical psychology at the City College of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center.
The work leading up to that degree, which focused on addiction-related issues, was funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Her recent scholarship brings in ADHD as well, particularly in racially diverse college students.
Dr. Hernandez plans to investigate the origin, course, and spreading of these phenomena across the lifespan (and beyond). As such, she's currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Intergenerational Psychiatry at the uptown complex now known as the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
She writes that "the point is not to be dream-crushers but to investigate drug effects so that users can make informed decisions."
Our motto: Were Not Lazy, Crazy, or Stupid 🙂
To register for this General Support Group Meeting , please send an E mail to: webmaster@maaddsg.org (please include your first name & E mail address).
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Alternatively, you can send an E mail to: ManhattanAdultADDSupportGroup+subscribe@groups.io. We manage this discussion forum centered around ADD/ADHD & all of the related issues & co-morbid conditions people have. All Zoom links are posted in our forum. There is no charge to join our discussion forum.
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Are you a provider, or service professional, and would like to make a presentation to our group?? Please E mail us at webmaster@maaddsg.org, & we'll forward your request to Paul, who handles co-ordination of speakers, topics, and programs.
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